Nitrogen (N) is an essential plant nutrient in maize production, and if considering only natural sources, is often the limiting factor world-wide in terms of a plant’s grain yield. For this reason, many farmers around the ...

Plants fix carbon during photosynthetic reactions but how this carbon is distributed and stored throughout the plant greatly depends on the species. While cellulose and lignin are the more stable forms, the plant only needs ...

Corn (Zea mays) is a photosynthesis-efficient C4 grass, a group considered to be a potentially valuable source of lignocellulosic biomass. Previous studies have indicated the potential for higher total biomass production ...

Roots are of key importance for plant development and productivity. Roots are responsible for the uptake of water and nutrients, as well as stability. Complex root systems are very important for the overall plant development. ...

For the hybrid seed corn industry, corn breeding and research in the public sector ideally would serve the role of identifying novel genes, alleles, and breeding procedures that have promising commercial applications. ...

Increased nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is an important target for future maize improvement. Essential to the design of an effective breeding program to select maize hybrids with enhanced NUE is an understanding of past ...

A survey of U.S. corn germplasm was conducted to explore genetics underlying flaking grit yield (FGY) and evaluate the relationship between FGY and agronomic performance, with an aim to devise breeding strategies to ...

High accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, particularly CO2, drives increases in the global surface temperatures and is already impacting life on Earth. The impact of these changes on agro-ecosystem is ...

Current maize yields in Ghana average only one-third of their estimated potential, but this yield gap can be reduced by improving farming practices and growing conditions in Ghana; specifically, yields in Ghana can likely ...

Global demand for cereal crops like maize is rising at a rapid pace as the world population expands beyond 7 billion people. To meet these needs, productivity (i.e. grain yield) per unit area must be increased. A survey ...

México is the world’s point of origin for corn, with thousands of different varieties all sprouting from one common ancestor, teosinte. It is due to this culturally rich and biologically diverse history of corn in México ...